ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Startup advisor and Color Genomics co-founder Elad Gil talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People.” In this episode:00:03:30 – Why Gil stepped down as CEO of Color00:06:00 – Why he wrote “High Growth Handbook”00:09:52 – Is there too much reinvention in tech businesses?00:11:25 – Startup myths and Rachleff’s Law00:17:20 – Contrarians are usually wrong!00:23:00 – How to build a board and evolve it as your company grows00:29:14 – The “old-timer” problem00:32:14 – The Sheryl Sandberg effect and when CEOs should step aside00:37:10 – Is innovation dying in Silicon Valley?00:41:05 – Are startups threatened more by the Big 5 or their own founders?00:43:59 – The dangers of Silicon Valley losing its optimism00:52:05 – San Francisco’s bad governance
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